Positive C-ANCA and cavitary lung lesion: Recurrence of Wegener granulomatosis or aspergillosis?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 753-756

  Vahid, Bobbak ^a,b   Wildemore, Bernadette ^a   Nguyen, Christopher ^a   Marik, Paul ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C ANCA; False positive; Pulmonary aspergillosis; Wegener granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOPLASMIC ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PERINUCLEAR ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG INJURY; LUNG RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ASPERGILLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; RECURRENCE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33745958055     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000217201.80408.8a     Document Type: Article

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